Jon and Kate Plus...Pam and Gray

David and I traveled to Philly this weekend for a couple of reasons. First of all, we have not seen our dear friends Pam and Gray in way too long, and because another of my favorite couples were speaking at their church. When Pam told me in January that Jon and Kate (minus their 8 kids) were going to be at their church I told her to sign me up! We had thought about taking Ava along for the trip but decided she would have more fun at home with Nana J, Papa, and Aunt Shannon. I was a nervous wreck on Friday thinking about leaving her, but she did great and we had a GREAT time!!

On Saturday we did the "air-conditioned tour of Philly" as Pam called it. Then we had lunch downtown...Philly cheesesteaks of course. This was our first cheesesteaks ever.. (that's so crazy because I worked at Andy's for 2 years in high school and had never had one!) Let me tell you these cheesesteaks alone were worth getting up at 2:30 am and driving 7 hours! After lunch we did a lot of shopping and a lot of catching up!

Then the big day finally came!! We helped Pam and Gray and their church family set up for the big event. Everyone was very excited! I appointed myself to be Pam's assitant for the day so I could be on the inside of things. David and Gray were part of the stage crew and I think I may have even converted David to a Jon and Kate fan...(okay that may be a little of a stretch)

They have such an inspiring story and a heart for God! They said that TLC edits their faith out of the show a lot but they fell like their testimony alone shows just how faithful our God is!

Here are some pictures from our Philly weekend...

David, Gray, and the pastor doing important backstage stuff! :)

I made David break the rules and take just one picture for me! There was no way I was waiting in line and paying $20 (yes 20 bucks) for a signed picture plus I was dying to get home to Ava!! I have to say that Kate is beautiful in person!

Thanks Pam and Gray for such a great weekend! We love you guys!!

Family Time

We have had a wonderful long weekend together! We had no plans for this weekend so we just kind of hung out. We discovered Red Box recently (I'm sure we are the only ones in the world who didn't know about this but in case not...you can rent dvds for $1 a night) It's great for us because I have never been a good movie watcher and hated spending 5 bucks to rent a movie that I knew I would fall asleep half way into! Anyway we watched 2 movies this weekend. I won't say what they were because we have awful movie selection skills!
No new pictures to post yet, but hopefully any day now we will be posting a picture of Ava's first tooth!! She has been a little miserable the past few days so we are looking forward to this first teething episode to be over for awhile!

Beach Week

Sadly we are back from our vacation! We had a great time! We got some sun, ate way too much, did some shopping, and just enjoyed being together! Here are some pictures from the week:

Beach Bound

It's finally time for our vacation!!! We are busy packing up the entire house because we are heading to the beach tomorrow for a week!

4 Years Ago...

Four years and going strong!!

(Don't we look so young here?)

Happy Birthday, Jay!!

Happy 5th Birthday, Jay!!!

We love you so much and can't wait to see you

very soon!!!

This Week at the Pitts' House

Let's see...this week David has started training for a triathlon. He's been talking about it for awhile now and is starting to get focused. He's got 2 months to get in to shape!

On Thursday night the ladies at our church started a Beth Moore bible study. If you have never read anything by her, she is awesome! She is real and very inspirational! The study is called "Stepping Up" and it studies 15 chapters of Psalms. I'm really excited about it! This morning the devotion was about God being our protector. Does anyone else watch the news lately and just get so scared?? I worry about Ava growing up in this crazy world all the time. So this study came at the perfect time for me! Just like our pastor said this morning, God is not just "winging it". He is not up in heaven biting his nails and worrying about the economy and about gas prices! He has a plan and if we will just put all of our trust in Him, he will take care of EVERYTHING!

Ava is still fascinating us with new tricks everyday! She is so close to crawling! Here she is all dressed up for church this morning...

I love that little face!! And here she is trying to get her shoes off as soon as I put them on...David decided this afternoon that she was ready for her 1st sippy cup drink. She did pretty good with it! Our baby is growing up TOO FAST!